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Wedding outfit

BROWNELL BROS, Hobart (manufacturer)
Wedding outfit
 1907

Medium
silk, cotton, metal, baleen

Measurements
(a) 44.5 cm (centre back) 29.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 141.0 cm (centre back) 29.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 16.0 × 151.0 cm irreg. (bertha)
(d) 254.0 × 508.0 cm (veil)
(e) 3.0 × 15.0 × 16.0 cm irreg. (headdress)
(f) 2.5 × 15.5 × 13.3 cm irreg. (spray)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Madelene Crump, 1974

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Hobart, Tasmania

Inscription
(a) label, centre back waist tape, printed in gold ink on white cotton: Brownell Bros / COSTUMIERS & C / LONDON HOUSE. HOBART

Accession Number
D56.a-f-1974

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Two-piece cream silk gown comprising bodice, skirt and bertha, veil, headdress and spray.

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